Since Italian scientist Professor Pietro Croce converted from being
involved in vivisection, he has become a leading campaigner against animal
experimentation. This is a book which can be used to refute the arguments of the
stubbornly unconverted, as it is scientifically credible - even the British Medical
Journal calling it a balanced and thoroughly researched book. It shows how the
use of animals as an experimental model for humans is methodologically flawed and
unscientific, and that experimenting on animals is a slippery slope to
experimenting on humans. (Isnt that borne out by the recent announcement that work
has started on cloning human embryos? Didnt we warn that Dolly-the-sheep would not
be the end of the road?). Not that this is just negative, for Croce also explains how
alternative (or, Croces preferred term scientific) methods can be used
more effectively.